Comments on: A missed opportunity http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2009/07/a-missed-opportunity.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Team Geek http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2009/07/a-missed-opportunity.html/comment-page-1#comment-285 Team Geek Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:14:23 +0000 http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/?p=1014#comment-285 "That means that there will be no opportunity in the near future to reduce the voting age to 16, a measure that has wide support in the Assembly or for the introduction of fair voting" There wouldn't be anyway - local Government franchise is an excepted matter under part 4 of GoWA, so we wouldn't have it even post-referendum, and it is unlikely we would be granted it now only to have it removed later by a referendum. “That means that there will be no opportunity in the near future to reduce the voting age to 16, a measure that has wide support in the Assembly or for the introduction of fair voting”

There wouldn’t be anyway – local Government franchise is an excepted matter under part 4 of GoWA, so we wouldn’t have it even post-referendum, and it is unlikely we would be granted it now only to have it removed later by a referendum.

]]> By: Daran http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/2009/07/a-missed-opportunity.html/comment-page-1#comment-284 Daran Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:03:38 +0000 http://www.freedomcentral.org.uk/?p=1014#comment-284 Plaid did not back Peter Black in drawing down powers over local government voting system when they were given the opportunity a year ago. It is clear where they stand. For the record, power over local government reorganisation is already in the hands of the Assembly. Schedule 5 already contains such powers. Indeed, its ability to legislate on local government is already quite extensive. This LCO will plug some of the gaps. Am intrigued though that this LCO is being brought forward before the one of foundation degrees for FE colleges promised in last JulyKs legislative statement. Plaid did not back Peter Black in drawing down powers over local government voting system when they were given the opportunity a year ago. It is clear where they stand.

For the record, power over local government reorganisation is already in the hands of the Assembly. Schedule 5 already contains such powers. Indeed, its ability to legislate on local government is already quite extensive. This LCO will plug some of the gaps.

Am intrigued though that this LCO is being brought forward before the one of foundation degrees for FE colleges promised in last JulyKs legislative statement.

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